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Sea Kayak - Chuckanut Bay

Planned trip for -3.1 low tide, hoping to see good tidal pools on Chuckanut Island. Unfortunately, turned around at 1.4 miles due to strong wind and high waves.

Bradley Mitchell Bradley Mitchell
June 20, 2018
  • Road suitable for all vehicles

  • A beautiful day, except winds and waves were too high to complete this student paddle.  Bellingham buoy reported sustained winds were 9-16 knots with gusts 16-22 knots.  I observed waves approximately 2.5 feet high.  For reference, NOAA predicted 1 foot waves and Ventusky.com predicted 1.5 foot waves.

Launched at 10am.

Group took break and turned around at 1.4 miles at 11:30am.  Used sheltered waters in a bay behind a large rock on the way back and practiced wet exits and self/assisted rescues.

Returned to Wildcat Cove at 1:00pm to find it completely drained of water at about -2.9 foot tide.  Had to walk boats across mud to get back to cars, but mud was firm and easy enough to walk on.

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